Quotes Flashcards
Who said: “The fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who said: “I am the state.”
King Louis XIV
Who said: “Man is born free, but everywhere is in chains.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who said: “But when all is said and done, is the third estate not also my children? And will I not still be their king even thought the nobility may lose some of their privileges and clergy a few snatches of their income?”
King Louis XVI
Who said: “O God, guide us, protect us! We are too young to reign.”
King Louis XVI
Which words are Marie Antoinette attributed to saying, although she didn’t actually say them?
“Let them eat cake.”
What did Marie Antoinette say about being captured by the revolutionists?
“I was a queen, and you took my crown; a wife and you killed my husband; a mother and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.”
Who said: “I believe in the cutting off of heads,” and what was his part in the revolution?
Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist who was a hero, treated as a saint by the Jacobins and the sans culottes.
Who said: “One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from the European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.”?
George’s Danton, first president of the Committee of Public Safety.
What did Georges Danton say about his own execution by Robespierre, for ‘counter revolutionary activities’?
“My only regret is that I am going before that rat Robespierre.”
Who said: “the king must die so that the country may live”?
Maximillien de Robespierre, a key member of the Committee of Public Safety, a key member of the Jacobin group, and a member of the Estates General and the National Assembly.
What were Maximillien de Robespierre’s famous words about the reign of terror?
“Let terror be the order of the day.”
Who said: “Terror is the only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible.”?
Maximillien de Robespierre.
What did Charlotte Corday say about Marat, the Jacobin journalist?
“Marat is a monster!”
Finish the quote: “Great a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the passion of a great c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which direct them.” -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
“Great AMBITION is the passion of a great CHARACTER. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the PRINCIPLES which direct them.” -NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
